parqueting

Variant of parquet

parquet definition

par·quet (pär kā′)

noun

  1. ☆ the main floor of a theater, esp. that part from the orchestra pit to the parquet circle: usually called orchestra
  2. a flooring of parquetry

Etymology: Fr, a small enclosed section < MFr parchet, dim. of parc, park

transitive verb parqueted -·queted′ (-kād′), parqueting -·quet′·ing (-kā′iŋ)

  1. to use parquetry to make (a floor, etc.)
  2. to decorate the floor of (a room) with parquetry

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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